Child soldiers in Cambodia
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Child soldiers were used by the Khmer Rouge and other armed groups during the Cambodian Civil War, Cambodian genocide, and insurgent armed conflict into the late 1990s.[1][2]
Overview
[edit]There is substantial evidence that tens of thousands of children were indoctrinated and forced to participate in warfare and commit atrocities by the Khmer Rouge.[1] Other factions of the conflict also conscripted children. Child soldiers were used by the Lon Nol army in the Khmer Republic.[3] In the 1990s, Licadho published reports of child soldiers within the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF).[3] Members of the RCAF who joined as children were permitted to remain in the institution after civil conflict ended and they entered adulthood.[1] Efforts at demobilisation of children took place in the 1990s.[2] Former Khmer Rouge child soldiers received little state support in the 21st century.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Hsu, Chia Chi (2023-02-15). "No support for Cambodia's former child soldiers". Southeast Asia Globe. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
- ^ a b "Child Soldiers Global Report 2001 - Cambodia". Refworld. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
- ^ a b "Briefing: Child Soldiers in Cambodia". LICADHO. 1998-06-01. Retrieved 2024-08-04.